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Agricultural Marijuana Cultivators Enter Guilty Pleas

November 05, 2012
… for co-defendant Ramon Manjarrez-Del Vaal, 36, of Sinaloa, Mexico. This case is a product of Operation Mercury, an …
November 05, 2012
GENERAL INFORMATION

Operation Engage Manchester

March 28, 2025
… illicit drug trafficking. Senator Hassan recently visited Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras as part of a bipartisan …
March 28, 2025
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Former Leader of the Violent “Clan Del Golfo” Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Other Related Charges

January 25, 2023
… exporting multi-ton shipments of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico and Central America for ultimate importation into the … shipments of cocaine from Colombia into Central America and Mexico for ultimate importation to the United States. To …
January 25, 2023
GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA Highlights 2021

December 31, 2024
… area earlier in the day via private plane from Toluca, Mexico, via Houston, Texas. The plane arrived at … as part of an investigation that disrupted a suspected Mexico-to-Chicago drug pipeline and resulted in government …
December 31, 2024
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DEA announces release of Pennsylvania opioid threat report

October 24, 2018
… and fentanyl-related substances, originating primarily in Mexico and China and transported throughout Pennsylvania by …
October 24, 2018
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Cheryl Ortiz appointed Special Agent in Charge of New Jersey Division

May 25, 2023
… she supported and oversaw DEA operations throughout the Mexico, Central America and Canada section and the Latin …
May 25, 2023
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Passaic County man convicted in heroin trafficking conspiracy

May 07, 2019
… organization operating in the Dominican Republic, Mexico and elsewhere. The organization’s narcotics were …
May 07, 2019
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Chula Vista man sentenced to 10 years for being source of fentanyl that resulted in non-fatal overdoses in Alpine

July 22, 2019
… records, Rodriguez admitted that he obtained fentanyl from Mexico and then delivered it to another person for …
July 22, 2019
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Former Mexican Police Officer Charged with Trafficking Enough Fentanyl to Kill 10 Million

July 26, 2019
… years as a municipal police officer in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico.   An indictment is a formal accusation of criminal …
July 26, 2019
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Grand Junction Man Convicted of Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl Resulting in Death

April 19, 2021
… 2018, Holder imported tens of thousands of these pills from Mexico into Western Colorado where he and his …
April 19, 2021
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Two Indicted For Narcotics Offenses Involving 20 Kilograms Of Cocaine

May 23, 2023
… Fort Worth, Texas; and Erasmo Lira-Mendez, 38, a citizen of Mexico, have been indicted on one count of conspiracy to …
May 23, 2023
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Kansas Grand Jury Indicts Two for Drug Trafficking

October 02, 2024
… case, Enrique Alonso Estrada-Barrios, 26, of Belen, New Mexico, is charged with one count of possession with intent …
October 02, 2024
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Two Mexican Citizens Indicted for Distribution of Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine

November 28, 2023
… Mario Ahumada-Adame, 32, both of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, were indicted on two counts of possession with the …
November 28, 2023
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Two Men Sentenced for Transporting Meth in Lawn Mowers' Tires

August 24, 2023
… set up a controlled purchase of methamphetamine from a Mexico-based supplier in May 2021. The individual met two …
August 24, 2023
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California Man Sentenced to 70 Months for Transporting Methamphetamine in Lawn Mower Tires

April 13, 2023
… set up a controlled purchase of methamphetamine from a Mexico-based supplier in May 2021. The individual met two …
April 13, 2023
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Undocumented Man Gets 46 Months in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

January 19, 2023
… EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A man originally from Mexico was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison in a …
January 19, 2023
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International Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 8 Years

August 09, 2022
… of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana from Mexico in the Kansas City area. According to court …
August 09, 2022
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Former Everton city clerk sentenced to 10 years for money-laundering conspiracy

September 25, 2020
… of the drug-trafficking organization in California and Mexico. The drug-trafficking organization was responsible …
September 25, 2020
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Former Bank of America employee pleads guilty for his role in drug conspiracy linked to a Mexican drug cartel

December 17, 2018
… in an illegal narcotics operation stretching from Sinaloa, Mexico, to Western New York. Law enforcement officers began …
December 17, 2018
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Leader of Baily Boys Gang in Buffalo, N.Y. sentenced to 40 years

October 15, 2018
… Texas as he attempted to return to the United States from Mexico. Contreras supplied the Schuele Boys with upwards of …
October 15, 2018
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Cocaine supplier sentenced to more than 10 years in Buffalo, N.Y.

October 15, 2018
… Texas, as he attempted to return to the United States from Mexico. Contreras supplied the Schuele Boys with upwards of …
October 15, 2018
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Car stop led to arrest of two men on drug charges

August 28, 2018
… 47, and Giovani Ramirez-Soto, 26, both citizens of Mexico, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with …
August 28, 2018
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Drug dealer who sold out of his home sentenced to 72 months

September 06, 2018
… that utilized contacts and sources of supply from Mexico, California, and elsewhere. The organization …
September 06, 2018
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Two men arrested on methamphetamine charges

August 29, 2018
… 47, and Giovani Ramirez-Soto, 26, both citizens of Mexico, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with …
August 29, 2018
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Mexican National Sentenced for Trafficking Methamphetamine through East Texas

March 11, 2025
… Abe McGlothin, Jr. Audivier Martinez-Gomez, 24, of Oaxaca, Mexico, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to …
March 11, 2025
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Man Illegally in United States Sentenced to More Than 11 Years for Meth Trafficking

February 18, 2025
… Hernandez, who had illegally entered the United States from Mexico around 2020, made two trips from Tennessee to the …
February 18, 2025
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South Carolina Drug Trafficker Helping Move Kilograms of Cocaine Sentenced to More than Six Years

February 11, 2025
… a drug ledger, and money transmittal receipts to Guerrero, Mexico, and to Cortes, Honduras. During an interview with …
February 11, 2025
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Jefferson County Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking in Eastern District of Texas

January 07, 2025
… in a conspiracy to traffic methamphetamine from Michoacán, Mexico, through Beaumont, Texas, and into areas throughout …
January 07, 2025
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Repeat Offender Drug Smuggler sent to Prison

September 04, 2024
… BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A 47-year-old resident of Matamoros, Mexico, has been sentenced for possession with intent to …
September 04, 2024
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Mexican National Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

August 14, 2024
… that JOSE DE JESUS VEGA-CERVANTES, 45, a citizen of Mexico last residing in Norwalk, was sentenced today by U.S. …
August 14, 2024